Re: CPU Pegged at 100%

Tried to respond to this once, but it didn't seem to take, so here goes
again. If the other one shows up, the numbers will be slightly different,
since I took a new snapshot. Here goes:

Stats for Processes and processor:

Commit Charge
Total: 480080
Limit: 2105872
Peak: 712684


Added total CPU time, just for giggles:

Process Peak Mem VM Size CPU Time
scvhost.exe 163,836 18,056 32:13
mcods.exe 151,180 140,284 1:25:49
Mcshield.exe 148,460 97,736 11:52
explorer.exe 93,224 19,916 3:25
MsMpEng.exe 63,548 46,588 6:22
iexplore.exe 60,040 41,036 4:19

System idle process 24:43:05


The computer tends to be on for long periods of time, as you can tell by the
idle process time, but does get shut down from time to time, and there
doesn’t seem to be a difference in performance between times when it’s been
on for a long time and when it’s just started up.

I just drove the WINWORD.EXE process up to 98% of CPU by trying to open a
file and looking in My Computer. Its stats, BTW, are Peak Mem: 24,348, VM
Size: 11,308, CPU Time 00:46. And it had only been running for a few
minutes.

McAfee info: Security Center version 8.1, build 8.1.175. Virus Scan
version 12.1, build 12.1.110, Personal Firewall v9.1, b9.1.108, Site Advisor
v2.8. b2.8.304.


"Gerry" wrote:

What version of McAfee is it?

I do not know whether Windows Defender clashes with McAfee but I doubt
that is the problem.

Try Ctrl+Alt+Delete to select Task Manager and click the Performance
Tab. Under Commit Charge what is the Total, the Limit and the Peak?

You should be able to gather more information from Task Manager. With
the Processes tab open select View, Select, Columns and check the boxes
before Peak Memory Usage and Virtual Memory size. What are the figures
for the 6 processes using the largest amounts?

Do you leave your computer on 24/7?


--



Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



mtvet wrote:
Sorry, it's actually 1.25 G. System came with 500M (250x2). I
bought 1G and replace 1 module.

In Task Manager, the total physical memory is : 1308656. Total
available hovers around: 583560, and system cache around: 654840.

Any idea if Windows Defender and McAfee clash at all to cause these
kinds of symptoms. It's still strange to me that the biggest hog I
wind up seeing is svchost.exe with 3 identical threads
kernel32.dll!CreateThread+0x22.

While McAfee may be somewhat of a hog, it doesn't "appear" to be
grabbing too much of the CPU (except at certain times).

"Gerry" wrote:

In terms of system performance McAfee is a poor choice for a home
computer. Replacing it with freeware alternatives would result in a
significant improvement.

Are you sure you have 1.3 gb RAM? You have two slots. What size
stick is each?

Drivers:
http://snipurl.com/951ce [h10025_www1_hp_com]

--



Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

mtvet wrote:
On SP3 now...got THAT issue resolved, but performance still the
same, LOUSY. Updated video driver, no effect. You mentioned the
motherboard chipset drivers and that they should be sure to be
updated. If I go into device manager, which devices do I select in
order to update those drivers appropriately? Is there a way to get
the system to do a global driver update of some type, rather than
having to do them piecemeal??

Thanks.

"Shenan Stanley" wrote:

mtvet wrote:
I've seen this issue a number of times, but no firm solution, and
have a few differences with the other presentations. Just want to
try to get at what's going on with this machine.

HP Pavilion 503n, XPSP2, Celeron 1.7GHz, 1.3 GB RAM

Running Process Explorer to try to figure out what's going on.

Launch an Office program - Jumps to 100% CPU, then drops down.
When I then try to open a file and navigate to My Computer, the
flashlight comes up, and it takes forever, with the usage up to
100%. The primary process in this case appears to be the Office
App (eg - WinWord). In other cases, seems like it's svchost
that has 3 threads of kernel32.dll!CreateThread+0x22.

These each consume 20+% of the CPU.

When we connect to the web using VZAccessMgr (verizon wireless
connection) the usage jumps from about 20% up to 80% and back
down. Just keeps cycling like that. The heavy users in this case
appear to be the CreateThread+0x22. Then when anything else runs
on top of that, we have absolutely no functionality at all.

Any help/suggestions appreciated!!!

I tend to see that alot on celeron processors. The lack of
sufficient cache on the processor *really* makes a noticable
difference.

- Are you running the latest VZAccessMgr?
- Latest hardware drivers (motherboard chipset in particular)?
- What AV software?
- Integrated or seperate video card (and is the latest driver for
that installed?)
- What is your virtual memory set at? (I suggest you let Windows
control it.)
- How much free disk space?
- Last time you ran a full CHKDSK?
- Followed by a full defragmentation?
- What version of Office?
- Why SP2 and not SP3 for Windows XP?
- Home Edition, Professional Edition, Media Center Edition or
Tablet PC Edition?
- If you run an application like "HeavyLoad" for a while - does it
crash your system? And how long does it take to completely peg
your processor and use all your memory?

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html



.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Windows Explorer consumes all memory and cpu usage
    ... "Gerry Cornell" wrote: ... > Task Manager is useful but you could look at another freeware utility ... > service in turn and then restore it noting what effect it has on CPU ... >> consumes all available memory and cpu time until performance becomes ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
  • Re: Problem isolating blue screen of death problem
    ... Parameter 4 is the location of the device driver causing the problem. ... memory to disk or retrieves a page of memory from disk to memory. ... select Task Manager and click the Performance ... Kernel Summary Dump File: Only kernel address space is available ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support)
  • Re: CPU Pegged at 100%
    ... Try Ctrl+Alt+Delete to select Task Manager and click the Performance ... Under Commit Charge what is the Total, the Limit and the Peak? ... before Peak Memory Usage and Virtual Memory size. ... Updated video driver, no effect. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain)
  • Re: CPU Pegged at 100%
    ... I do not know whether Windows Defender clashes with McAfee but I doubt ... Try Ctrl+Alt+Delete to select Task Manager and click the Performance ... before Peak Memory Usage and Virtual Memory size. ... Updated video driver, no effect. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain)
  • Re: CPU at 100%, explorer.exe hogging CPU usage, SLOW notebook!!
    ... > Most processes will sit idle most of the time, consume little memory and spring into life only when needed. ... Your CPU is being overworked and a big part is your processes. ... >>> with my high speed internet connected. ... Task Manager tells me on average I ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware)
Loading